EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Friends Arena - Stockholm Tuesday 6 September 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Sweden Group A - Matchday 1 Netherlands Last updated 07/06/2017 16:53CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10 1 Sweden - Netherlands Tuesday 6 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Stockholm Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Källström 14, S. Larsson 52 (P), 11/10/2011 QR (GS) Sweden - Netherlands 3-2 Solna Toivonen 53; Huntelaar 23, Kuyt 50 Huntelaar 4, 55, 12/10/2010 QR (GS) Netherlands - Sweden 4-1 Amsterdam Afellay 37, 59; Granqvist 69 UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 0-0 26/06/2004 QF Sweden - Netherlands Faro-Loule (aet, 4-5pens) FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 19/06/1974 GS-FT Netherlands - Sweden 0-0 Dortmund Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Sweden 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 23 8 5 10 47 44 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 23 10 5 8 44 47 2 Sweden - Netherlands Tuesday 6 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Stockholm Squad list Sweden Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Karl-Johan Johnsson 28/01/1990 26 Guingamp - 0 0 0 0 - Robin Olsen 08/01/1990 26 København - 0 0 0 0 - Patrik Carlgren 08/01/1992 24 AIK - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Andreas Granqvist 16/04/1985 31 Krasnodar - 0 0 0 0 - Mikael Lustig 13/12/1986 29 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 - Oscar Wendt 24/10/1985 30 Mönchengladbach - 0 0 0 0 - Pontus Jansson 13/02/1991 25 Leeds - 0 0 0 0 - Ludwig Augustinsson 21/04/1994 22 København - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Helander 22/04/1993 23 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 - Emil Krafth 02/08/1994 22 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 - Victor Lindelöf 17/07/1994 22 Benfica - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Niklas Hult 13/02/1990 26 Panathinaikos - 0 0 0 0 - Oscar Lewicki 14/07/1992 24 Malmö - 0 0 0 0 - Jimmy Durmaz 22/03/1989 27 Toulouse - 0 0 0 0 - Emil Forsberg 23/10/1991 24 Leipzig - 0 0 0 0 - Oscar Hiljemark 28/06/1992 24 Palermo - 0 0 0 0 - Marcus Rohdén 11/05/1991 25 Crotone - 0 0 0 0 - Alexander Fransson 02/04/1994 22 Basel - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Marcus Berg 17/08/1986 30 Panathinaikos - 0 0 0 0 - John Guidetti 15/04/1992 24 Celta - 0 0 0 0 - Emir Kujovic 22/06/1988 28 Gent - 0 0 0 0 - Christoffer Nyman 05/10/1992 23 Braunschweig - 0 0 0 0 - Isaac Kiese Thelin 24/06/1992 24 Bordeaux - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Jan Andersson 29/09/1962 53 - 0 0 0 0 3 Sweden - Netherlands Tuesday 6 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Stockholm Netherlands Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jeroen Zoet 06/01/1991 25 PSV - 0 0 0 0 - Jasper Cillessen 22/04/1989 27 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 - Maarten Stekelenburg 22/09/1982 33 Everton - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Patrick van Aanholt 29/08/1990 26 Sunderland - 0 0 0 0 - Daryl Janmaat 22/07/1989 27 Watford - 0 0 0 0 - Joël Veltman 15/01/1992 24 Ajax - 0 0 0 0 - Jeffrey Bruma 13/11/1991 24 Wolfsburg - 0 0 0 0 - Jetro Willems 30/03/1994 22 PSV - 0 0 0 0 - Jorrit Hendrix 06/02/1995 21 PSV - 0 0 0 0 - Virgil Van Dijk 08/07/1991 25 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Wesley Sneijder 09/06/1984 32 Galatasaray - 0 0 0 0 - Georginio Wijnaldum 11/11/1990 25 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 - Daley Blind 09/03/1990 26 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 - Kevin Strootman 13/02/1990 26 Roma - 0 0 0 0 - Davy Klaassen 21/02/1993 23 Ajax - 0 0 0 0 - Davy Pröpper 02/09/1991 25 PSV - 0 0 0 0 Spartak - Quincy Promes 04/01/1992 24 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva - Riechedly Bazoer 12/10/1996 19 Ajax - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Luciano Narsingh 13/09/1990 25 PSV - 0 0 0 0 - Luuk de Jong 27/08/1990 26 PSV - 0 0 0 0 - Bas Dost 31/05/1989 27 Sporting CP - 0 0 0 0 - Steven Berghuis 19/12/1991 24 Feyenoord - 0 0 0 0 - Vincent Janssen 15/06/1994 22 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Danny Blind 01/08/1961 55 - 0 0 0 0 4 Sweden - Netherlands Tuesday 6 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Stockholm Head coach Janne Andersson Date of birth: 29 September 1962 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alets IK (twice), IS Halmia, Laholms FK Coaching career: Alets IK, Halmstads BK (assistant, twice), Laholms FK, Halmstads BK, Örgryte IS, IFK Norrköping, Sweden • Janne Andersson succeeded Erik Hamrén after UEFA EURO 2016 having led Norrköping to their first Allsvenskan title in almost two decades the previous year. • A footballer and handball player in his native Halmstad, Andersson became assistant coach to Stuart Baxter at the city's main club in 1990, going on to work under Tom Prahl and then Jonas Thern. • Andersson, who also coached lower-division teams Alet and Laholm, took the Halmstad reins himself in 2004 and in his first season in charge was named coach of the year in Sweden after steering Halmstad to second place. • After a brief spell at Örgryte in 2010, Andersson was named Norrköping coach the following year as they returned to the Allsvenskan, at first keeping them up then guiding them to the 2015 title. • His appointment as Sweden coach meant he missed out on leading the club into UEFA Champions League qualifying, Andersson saying on his unveiling: "Right now I'm just humbled and grateful. This is an honour and a challenge that will be very exciting to take on." Danny Blind Date of birth: 01 August 1961 Nationality: Dutch Playing career: RC Souburg, Sparta Rotterdam, AFC Ajax Coaching career: AFC Ajax • Born in Oost-Souburg, in the Zeeland province, Blind played for local amateur outfit Souburg before joining Sparta in 1979. Making his Eredivisie debut in the same year – against AZ Alkmaar on 29 August – he helped Sparta qualify for the UEFA Cup on two occasions. • Signed by Johan Cruyff in July 1986, Blind became Ajax's defensive cornerstone – winning 16 trophies, including five Dutch championships. The club also excelled in Europe, winning the UEFA Cup in 1992, with Blind captaining the side to a UEFA Champions League final defeat of AC Milan in 1995. He added the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup later that year. • Having made his international bow for the Netherlands against Scotland on 29 April 1986, Blind ended his Oranje career 20 years later following a quarter-final penalty shoot-out defeat against France at EURO '96. • Appointed head of youth development at De Toekomst – Ajax's world famous academy – in 2003, having joined the club's technical staff after retiring in 1999 following 537 Dutch top-flight matches for the Dutch giants. Succeeded Ronald Koeman as Ajax coach in February 2005 but sacked 13 months later despite winning Dutch Cup and Dutch Super Cup. Returned to Ajax as technical director in 2008 following a stint at Sparta in a similar role, later becoming assistant to Martin Jol. • Left Ajax in 2012, hired as assistant to Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal in July. Helped guide the Oranje to third place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Confirmed as next Netherlands coach after UEFA EURO 2016, but appointed in July 2015, a year early, after Van Gaal's successor Guus Hiddink stepped down during an ultimately unsuccessful qualifying campaign. 5 Sweden - Netherlands Tuesday 6 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Stockholm Match officials Referee Daniele Orsato (ITA) Assistant referees Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA) , Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA) Fourth official Antonio Damato (ITA) FIFA Match Commissioner Campbell Ogilvie (SCO) Referee observer Jørn West Larsen (DEN) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Daniele Orsato 23/11/1975 3 37 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 13/03/2014 UEL R16 AZ Alkmaar FC Anji 1-0 Alkmaar 17/09/2015 UEL GS FK Partizan AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Belgrade 08/12/2015 UCL GS Real Madrid CF Malmö FF 8-0 Madrid 24/02/2016 UCL R16 PSV Eindhoven Club Atlético de Madrid 0-0 Eindhoven 6 Sweden - Netherlands Tuesday 6 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Friends Arena, Stockholm Competition facts The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.